Incoming: PSP Firmware update 3.51 to fix security issues

Posted Jun 29, 2007 at 12:21AM by QJ Staff Listed in: Firmware, News Tags: Sony
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PSP firmware 3.51 screenshot - Image 1Steel your hearts, members of the PSP community. We've picked up word of the PSP's FW 3.51 being released over at Japan's PlayStation site. The single item this update carries appears to be a fix for what Sony has described (in Babelfish) as a "vulnerability of security."

We're not too sure just what vulnerability the company has in mind, although it's very ominous that this updates comes in just days after Noobz team announced their Illuminati exploit, and followed up with a FW 3.50 downgrader soon after.

As we said earlier, we advise the guys to keep their cool until more details can be verified, probably when FW 3.51 hits stateside.

Our thanks go to Naroon-X and Andy1337 for informing of this major PSP update news.


 
 
 

Comments [refresh]

by name - 2007-06-28 19:41
» lol

Sony already lose their war on psp platform.

by n00b - 2007-06-28 19:45
» ..

PLEASE I NEED DOWNGRADER FOR 3.51!

HELP

by pissin honda1234 - 2007-06-28 20:29
» bull*****

dude your ***** doesnt work its just a japanese saved data file wtf lol come back when you got your ***** together they said its coming ill wait

by yeah - 2007-06-28 20:31
» is here

is already in the u.s. i just downloaded the update didn't install. i like my3.40 oe

by . - 2007-06-28 20:33
» so its fake...

sorry, i found it here:

boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id+psp+thread.id+3023887

by B!g Bo$$ - 2007-06-28 20:47
» LOL

Ha ha ha ha! You *****ing upgraded to 3.51 and now you want a dwngrader!!!! You are so downgraded my friend.

by Nights - 2007-06-28 21:02
» Heres the link

http://dj01.psp.update.playstation.org/update/psp/image/jp/2007_0629_9593f0783ebb97f0ea0c0ed0ee66dec5/EBOOT.PBP



Directly from the Site.

by itscool - 2007-06-28 21:09
» japanese version fix

anyone know of when the japanese fix is coming for the downgrader??? japanese lumines doesnt work

by Nights - 2007-06-28 21:18
» Its cool....

Can you just buy one off of ebay? Or find someone nice enough to send it to you.

by norf uhmerican - 2007-06-28 21:22
» 3.5

screw 3.51, im playing wipeout pulse and its AWESOME!!1

by slicechina - 2007-06-28 21:34
» japanese version fix

where is the fix for the japanese lumines version i went through hell trying to get a lumines disk please Fanjita team noobs thank you for the downgrader but we need a fix so we can use it over here in japan!!

by SW - 2007-06-28 21:45
» Internet

Can't you guys order an US or EU version of Lumines on the Net?



...

by ff - 2007-06-28 21:54
» ff

TRUE!

JUST ORDER IT ONLINE.





http://www.videogamesplus.ca/product_info.php?products_id=8758

price in canadian$$ and cheap international shipping.

by japanmancanfandanranstan - 2007-06-28 21:57
» japanese umd doesnt work? wtf!

yeah hes right the japanese lumines doesnt work i thougt a crack was coming for that soon?? either way downgraders been out for a while so yeah wtf where is japanese support!!

by serosis - 2007-06-28 22:00
» meh

3.30 psardumper can still decrypt

by gsvsbdxcxcv - 2007-06-28 22:04
» sdgbv

sONY SUCKS!!!!!A stupid sercurity update?They sure don't know how to convince people to upgrade............

by zodiac - 2007-06-28 22:05
» japanese version fix

i also have a japanese lumines the save data wont load the data from the hen downgrader didnt Fanjita say he was working on one? for the japanese version where is it?? haha

by PSP Rocks - 2007-06-28 22:06
» Re: 3.51 downgrader

if u realy upgraded then u r really a dump ass.. F.O

by what - 2007-06-28 22:29
» huh?

its not out yet what are you talking about?

by xkj - 2007-06-28 22:47
» f

hes talking about leaked pre-production ver.

by . - 2007-06-28 23:09
» .

HOLY ROFLMAOES!!1!one!!1!11!!eleventyone



You upgraded, n00b? ROAFULMAEOAS!

by Snarg - 2007-06-28 23:18
» .

Bunch of whiners.

Yes they said they'd get it working for the Jap. version also, but obviously they haven't yet, and it will be posted when they do. Damn, do you still get up at 5am on Christmas too?

Impatient bunch of children.

by erict7862 - 2007-06-28 23:20
» When will they give up

Like the first comment said the war has been lost. Sony keeps on putting them up and the psp homebrew community just keeps knocking them down. Sony should just give up. Thanks to homebrew my psp is now a remote control, radio player, remote pc viewer, N64, SNES, and it has a custom XMB along with tons of other homebrew. Homebrew rocks!!!!

by . - 2007-06-28 23:23
» .

Nope, its. 1:24pm in central Europe ;-D

by Snake - 2007-06-29 00:00
» I don't want...

I don't want that 3.50 OE-A to release now!!!



but I want 3.51 OE-A to release now!!!



Come on Dark_Alex you can make it!!!!



& make a 3.51 Downgrader for those who upgraded by mistake! ;) LOL!!!



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LOOKING FORWARD TO PS3 BEING HACKED!!!

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by user - 2007-06-29 00:24
» viruses

d yu have 2 attach viruses on ur softwares.that'z not fair

by ***** Sony - 2007-06-29 00:46
» ***** Sony

***** Sony does always new Firmware product I do not understand because it is hacked early or later.



A devil's circle!!!

by Irony McIronhead - 2007-06-29 00:47
» whine whine whine

I find it ironic that Asian users are complaining about the lack of functionality on the Japanese UMD. I've seen two videos in the past week of store owners showing off the Magical Memory Stick + downgrading PSP's. If you're too impatient to wait for Noobz to come up with a solution, then find those stores and get the downgrade done there.

by foreshot - 2007-06-29 00:58
» really

someone actually updated to 3.51 well geez if it were a couple of months after release but now. knowing noobz though they'll find an exploit in lumines 2

by Cheater912 - 2007-06-29 02:23
» US Update

It's out in the US:

http://fj01.psp.update.playstation.org/update/us/psp-updatelist.txt

http://du01.psp.update.playstation.org/update/psp/image/us/2007_0629_9593f0783ebb97f0ea0c0ed0ee66dec5/EBOOT.PBP

by I roxxor Sony haxxor oldschool style - 2007-06-29 03:03
» lollerskatez

3.51 OE should be out soon lol

by owfx - 2007-06-29 03:17
» thick lol

you guys really are as thick as clotted cream thats so clotted up you couldnt declot it with an eletric declotter. he was being SARCASTIC :)

by .as.d - 2007-06-29 03:38
» asd

There's not going to be a 3.51 OE, dumbass.



Just like there wasn't a 3.11 OE.



I'm still on 3.03 OE-C : )

by hondapissin2220 - 2007-06-29 03:41
» japanese version fix

guys know when the japanese fix for lumines is coming?? i guess alot of people have been asking for it and yes being in japan it was a ***** to go through and find a copy of this game only to be left waiting still! but kudos to Noobz and Fanjita were waiting for that fix!!! and anyone updating to this new firmware all i

by OMG - 2007-06-29 04:09
» STFU

U NOOBS SONY DOES NOT EVEN CARE ABOUT YOU CUSTOM FIRMWARE USERS

by wow - 2007-06-29 04:10
» wow

ok...why in the ***** would you want 3.51 OE instead of 3.50 OE... its the same EXACT *****ing firmware but 3.51 has a security patch that probably blocks the Lumines exploit. You just won the *****ing prize you moron noob.

by fff - 2007-06-29 05:09
» fffffff

Oh yeah, I forgot to download that and try it. Thanks for reminding me.

by I like WAFFLES AND PANCAKES - 2007-06-29 05:28
» do you??

WHAT NOOBs EVER UPGRADED TO A FW THAT WAS JUST A SECURITY PATCH........IF SOME NOOB UPGRADES IT BETTER BE WITH SOMETHING LIKE A COMPATABLITY TO RUN GPS (IF SONY RELEASES THE HARDWARE).......AND TO RUN SOME HOMEBREW(BTW SONY WILL NEVER DO THIS, FOR ALL THE NOOBS THAT THINK SONY WILL).....................................................................................................................................WAL*MART.............SUX

by gregerson316 - 2007-06-29 05:44
» WHY

Why would he make a downgrader for 3.51. Thats just stupid. Even if he already found an exploit it 3.51, he wouldnt release it yet. He would wait until there was a point to do it. Hes not going to make a downgrader for 1 retard.

by toby - 2007-06-29 06:13
» n00bs

sigh, more work for the n00bs team

who the hell upgrades the a firmware and as soon as they do beg for a downgrader?

For god sake, a 3.50 downgrader just came out and you upgraded to 3.51?

sTuPID

by asd killer - 2007-06-29 07:10
» RE: ASD

you are truly the dumbass asd, when he says lol that means he is joking you tard

by dsfsdf - 2007-06-29 07:40
» fefsd

Forget about 5.50 OE A. I want 5.51 OE A!!!!

by dgdfdf - 2007-06-29 07:45
» dfgdf

Some games won't work on 3.03 OE C. You need to update to 3.40 OE A!

by ssss - 2007-06-29 09:03
» Yeah, that's the *****ing best idea i've ever heard!

Good idea *****-o. Let Sony just give up and stop releasing updates alltogether. Hell, they should have given up a long time ago. I mean, who needs the PS1 emulator they released through an update, the internet browser aswell. Location free, flash player, the list just goes on. You guys should hope Sony doesnt give up this war. Because if they do, future goodies that they would release, would be no more. We all know Sony lost, but you better love them for releasing updates anyway and trying to fight back. Every couple updates, we usually get something good from them. We all know eventually our God's will crack it anyway.

by HumanIce - 2007-06-29 09:20
» crappyness

hahahahahaha!! you upgraded! so quick!?? who could actually be so stupid!

by dave - 2007-06-29 09:36
» grow up

We dont need 5.50 or 5.51 OE until a game release that needs higher firmware then the last OE.





SO STFU! THERE IS NOTHING NEW BUT A DOWNGRADE PATCH

by HELP - 2007-06-29 09:53
» HELP

I JUST OGT MY PSP FOR BIRTHDAY, UPGRADED TO 3.50, THEN UPGRADED TO FANCY 3.51, AND NOW HOW DO I DOWNGRADE? I JUST WANTED THE SECURITY THINGY THAT CAME WITH UPDATE COULD SOMEONE EMAIL ME A WAY TO DOWNGRADE MY PSP???????? ... I JUST NEED A WAY TO HAVE CUSTOM FIRMWARE, SO I NEED DOWNGRADER PLS... TY

by Joe - 2007-06-29 10:42
» Cool

I love windows. Vista is so pretty.

by SomeDude - 2007-06-29 11:08
» ):

Aka, they're fixing the Lumines hole.



I swear, noobz should of *****ing waited to release it until a MAJOR firmware revision came.

by blake - 2007-06-29 12:02
» wowwwwww

after sony got pwned by yet another downgrader they make a 3.51.......................... lol pathetic, i bet u they did because they felt embarrased that all of their stupid firmwares r hackable and downgradable. NOOBZ just gave sony another bullet to their corporation XD

by bob - 2007-06-29 12:55
» gay

then why do they keep releasing updates...

noob

by ragnarok1458 - 2007-06-29 13:05
» for the retards

umm...i just found this site is there a way to downgrade 3.51 and im one of those retards who upgraded will it come anytime soon

by Aramova - 2007-06-29 13:18
» No 3.51 Downgrader. Move Along

I'll make it clear for everyone. 3.50 is the ONLY firmware that's downgradeable with the Noobz downgrader.



Not 3.51, or any other version.



If you where at 3.0, you had to up it to 3.50



So, I'll say it again, These is *NO* 3.51 downgrader.



And I bet there will not be fore quite some time. It took from 2.8 to 3.5 to find this one, so don't count on another one. It might happen tomorrow, it might happen in a year and a half, or it might not happen at all.

by Ganon007 - 2007-06-29 13:28
» OMGWTFBBQSAUCE

LOL who ever upgraded ALREADY should blow up their PSP. With that said, lets just hope they don't patch Lumines. It might be pointless to do so, but you never know. Sony is pretty relentless in fighting this war...

by Bsizzel - 2007-06-29 13:32
» uhh...

more like forget about what firmware versions are out 5.50 or 5.51 don't exist yet:P

by christchex1234 - 2007-06-29 14:02
» japanese version fix

wheres the fix for this yet been sitting on lumines for a few days now!! wtf id like to downgrade my ***** to!!

by . - 2007-06-29 16:31
» lmao

@dave too ;p

by HELL YEAH!! - 2007-06-29 16:34
» YEAH!!

hey my psp got brick but i used xpango and typed in the refferal code 90523051 and i swear it worked!!!!

i got a brand new white one!!!

by fdsa - 2007-06-29 16:56
» fdsa

If you upgraded to 3.51, follow this handy step by step guide:



1. Reture your PSP to the store you bought it from; if you cannot, sell it used to another person



2. Buy a DS



3. Buy and play games on your DS. You are not worthy of owning a PSP and having free 1337 homebrew and hacked games.



Some people buy games. I get them for free. :-D

by cali-cold - 2007-06-29 17:01
» hahaah

lol soo funny, i can't stop laughing, do research before you ask for a downgrader



btw there are only downgraders for 3.50 and below.

by Crap***** - 2007-06-29 17:46
» Crap*****

ou crap he's *****ing stupit....he was really fast with the 3,51 Update..really retardet....

by jose1995 - 2007-06-29 18:04
» 1995

1995

by jose1995 - 2007-06-29 18:05
» 1995

joj

\

1995

by LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL - 2007-06-29 18:49
» noobs

how stupid can people be and upgrade to 3.51 and yet they cry for an 3.51 downgrader its your own fault ******* noobs

by VSG - 2007-06-29 19:47
» hehehe

the peoples that comments about the n00b/HELP that said he upgraded to 3.51 are more stupid.

he didnt upgrade to 3.51, he is just teasing people to lose their heads.

people are so gullible, human IQ is getting lower evryday, must be the mono sodium glutamate effect. hahaha

by erict7862 - 2007-06-29 19:58
» nice sarcasim but....

The comment i made wasn't about updates period. It was about security updates to stop downgrading. Sony doesn't need a downgrade war to release good updates. That is why updates should be released period, so that they fix or make something better. No one wants to update to fix some bug no one has even heard of. For instance i stayed on 3.03 until 3.40 was released just so i could get a different brightness level. Hats off to the guys at sony for the longest list of updates in Handheld History.

by steven - 2007-06-29 22:52
» 5.50 , 5.51

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5.50 , 5.51 i dont D_A isnt working on those

by moofe - 2007-06-30 03:30
» ono gyz help m3

gyz i dunno wat to do but i upgraeded to 3.51 to keep up w/ da latest uppdates dat soni wants 2 bring 2 da table so i kan be up to date wit my shiz n stuff but neways bakk 2 da point is there a donwgarder to 1.5 cuz i upgraded my dam white 3.50 psp to 3.51 but no i wanna go bakk but i kant pleese help me

by DE DA DE!!@ - 2007-06-30 03:51
» ha

You can't, congrats, you cant spell and YOU *****ED YOURSELF IN DA AZZ

by nobodycaresaboutthis - 2007-06-30 17:31
» help!

i just upgraded to 3.51 firmware, and now just found out can downgrade it, i want to downgrade it! HOW!!!

by ssss - 2007-06-30 19:33
» Let me put this more simple for you.

Sony is not going to stop releasing security updates dude. They want their handheld to do what they want it too. And by that, I mean they dont want it to be playing .ISO and all of that *****. The downgrader that was release, just cost A LOT of money for developers. Because we all know full well that the greatest thing about custom firmwire is the ability to pirate games. And I bet that most people only wanted to downgrade just so they wouldn't have to pay for their games. Do you guys really thing that people move to custom firmwire JUST for the homebrew games and applications? We are killing the PSP slowly, and eventually there wont be anymore games to pirate, anymore firmwire to crack. Nothing new to look forward too, because when they give up security updates they wont release anymore updates at all. Whats the point? The hackers and homebrew developers can do it all anyway. Its like a chunk of wood with a piece of sandpaper, every time someone moves onto cfw, sony runs that sand paper across that chunk of wood. And soon that wood will be gone. Eventually, developers wont even bother creating games for our beloved console. And Dark_AleX?? May as well kiss him good bye, and the whole noobz team. They get their thrill and their fame from cracking firmwire, if Sony gave up, what the hell would they stand for? But anyway, Sony probably won't stop. BUT you never know. If Sony did decide to give up, it will be a sad, sad day for us all.





Lol " The comment i made wasn't about updates period. It was about security updates to stop downgrading."



A security update is still an update buddy.

by yawn - 2007-07-01 05:01
» hahahaha

guess they already make the mistake and let them patch, sony should create more lumines puzzle fusion-unpatch umd and sell at the market so at least save thier lost . hahahaha

by downgrader - 2007-07-03 11:15
» psp downgrader 3.51

i updated my psp to 3.51 and i got mad and i downgraded to 3.50 and than i downgraded 3.50 and wala i downgrade my psp who ever said there is no dowgraders for verson 3.51 are retards becasue i downgrade my so all of u STFU

by Lt._Trenchman - 2007-07-03 16:43
» Wow

Nobody knows anything yet... Just wait, 3.51 could come out!

by Fantom Phox - 2007-07-03 21:14
» vista sux

vista is the biggest hunk of crap ever put out in the market u know there are 3 reasons they did that. 1 piracy to prevent it. 2 to copy what mac did when they made mac os X. 3 to look good as there are so called "newer things" and compatibilities that can be set with the new os they can go threw lawsuits after lawsuits of look alike software that they themselfs stole.

by D3MO - 2007-07-06 02:10
» im stupid

yea i upgraded to 3.51 then i didnt no i couldnt downgrade and im pissed off

by blahblah - 2007-07-06 12:04
» duhh

obviously there will be another downgrader but not for this fw your just going to have 2 wait 4 the next one u ******* imbaciles.

by Foxfire1223 - 2007-07-07 10:35
» i hate my sister

Yeah i let my sister play around with my psp and i had version 3.1 or something, i dunno, but i turned it on and was gonna downgrade it when i found the 3.5 downgrader. .. . she upgraded it to 3.51. . . am i screwed?

by chris - 2007-07-09 11:20
» sony pisses me off

in the latest upgrade, it didn't even come with shockwave of flash player, so i couldn't watch stuff on youtube! damn them!!!!!!! when school starts i will get one of school friends to hack it and put the software i need cuz they've taken the hardest computer courses and got 90's/90+%. when they do i'll post it on the web.

by FAIZAN - 2007-07-09 18:59
» downgrade for 3.51

pls i reallly need a 3.51 downgrader

by YAAAYAYAYAYYAYAYYAYA - 2007-07-10 11:16
» YAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYYA

there probably is going to be a downgrader 4 3.51 everybody said there wasnt 4 the others but let there B a downgrader!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!

by dj dk - 2007-07-10 11:39
» help

can someone please help me downgrade from version 3.51 because my psp upgraded by itself believe it or not

by PSP***** - 2007-07-10 23:54
» INSTALLING

yer lol how do i upgrade my firmware if its a RAR file. It says its corrupt

by Dylan - 2007-07-13 23:44
» wtf

i really need a downgrader for v3.51

or if there is a devhook for v3.51

if any body get one email me at

dylanmoonsamy@y ahoo.com.au

by bobo - 2007-07-14 04:16
» hmmm

i dont know why everyones getting so upset over people upgrading, i upgraded to 3.51 cause i had no idea what homebrew was until a few days ago. sooner or later there will be a new custom firmware so im taking it easy

by IlluminatiBoy111 - 2007-07-14 10:04
» aaahhhhh!!...nd ahahahaa:P

kk lol first of alll they already skipped 3.50...so they better pull this off...like its goin crazy now..ppl who hav new psps cant do nuthin...like i al so thin the lumines UMD for downgrading is relly stupid...wut if its not available!...well allli got to say is...theyre losing the charm...with all the tech they have now they gotaa pull sumthin off..who ever agrees wit me press 111...newayz im out...tryin to pull some illuminati sutff myself!!!...later...PSP FIRMWARED GOTTA COMEBAK!!!!!

by Jay - 2007-07-15 08:45
» Frack Sony

Well there are loads of peeps who updated to 5.51 so we do need a downgrader besdies who really wants to buy a game for the shake of downgrading a psp on the off chance it wont frack up?

by PSP Rulez !! - 2007-07-15 10:37
» WTC?!

What the *****?!

by nazarbook - 2007-07-17 22:15
» nazar

can you help me i need 3.51 OE ples

by LOVE - 2007-07-23 11:25
» LOVE psp

hi. After all of this what can we do .....?

by help me - 2007-07-26 03:41
» help me

somebody HELP I need a downgrader for firmwire 3.51

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